The 2026 Hy-Vee PERKS 250 was a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race that was held on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The race was contested over 250 laps on the oval, it was the 23rd race of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and the 12th running of the event.
Carson Kvapil, driving for JR Motorsports, took advantage of the final restart, leading the final nine laps to earn his second career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and it was his second consecutive win. Pole-sitter Ryan Sieg won the first stage, leading 65 laps, while Justin Allgaier won the second stage, leading a race-high 83 laps. At race's end, Rajah Caruth finished second, and William Sawalich finished third. Ross Chastain and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top five, while Nick Sanchez, Taylor Gray, Dean Thompson, Harrison Burton, and Brennan Poole rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile (1.4 km) paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered Recreational Vehicle viewing area along the backstretch. The track hosts the NTT IndyCar Series and NASCAR events.
After the 2020 race was canceled due to the pandemic, the race was removed from the 2021 schedule. In 2024, it was announced that the Xfinity Series would return to Iowa with a Cup Series race.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Make 00 Sheldon Creed Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 0 Garrett Smithley SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports Chevrolet 02 Ryan Ellis Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Ross Chastain (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Corey Day Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Brent Crews (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 24 Harrison Burton Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 26 Dean Thompson Sam Hunt Racing Toyota 27 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 28 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 31 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 32 Carson Brown Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 41 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 Nathan Byrd Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 45 Lavar Scott (R) Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet 48 Patrick Staropoli (R) Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 47 Carson Ware Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 53 Tyler Tomassi Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota 54 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports Ford 87 Nick Sanchez Peterson Racing Chevrolet 88 Rajah Caruth JR Motorsports Chevrolet 91 Derek Lemke (i) DGM Racing Chevrolet 92 Mason Maggio DGM Racing Chevrolet 96 Anthony Alfredo Viking Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Parker Retzlaff Viking Motorsports Chevrolet Official entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, August 8, at 10:30 AM CST, and lasted for 50 minutes.
Jesse Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 24.118 seconds, and a speed of .
Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime12Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24.118130.608299Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet24.166130.348339Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet24.189130.224Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 8, at 11:35 AM CST. Since Iowa Speedway is a short track, the qualifying procedure used was a single-car, two-lap system with one round. Drivers were on track by themselves and had two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever set the fastest time won the pole.
Ryan Sieg, driving for RSS Racing, qualified on pole position with a lap of 23.966 seconds, and a speed of .
No drivers failed to qualify.
Qualifying results Pos.DriverTeamMakeTime139Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet23.966131.43629Ross Chastain (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet24.030131.08631Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet24.042131.021488Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet24.049130.98357Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet24.054130.955600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet24.055130.950751Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet24.102130.695817Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet24.144130.46798Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet24.144130.4671099Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet24.144130.467112Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24.147130.4511227Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet24.195130.1921354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota24.198130.1761487Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet24.207130.1281520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota24.242129.9401624Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota24.266129.8111718William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota24.274129.7681819Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota24.297129.6461996Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet24.307129.5922032Carson BrownJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet24.309129.5822128Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet24.309129.5822248Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet24.329129.4752341Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet24.330129.4702445Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet24.420128.9932531Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet24.451128.8292644Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet24.452128.8242726Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota24.458128.7922821Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet24.500128.5712992Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet24.543128.3463091Derek Lemke (i)DGM RacingChevrolet24.559128.2633142Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet24.710127.4793202Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet24.724127.407Qualified by owner's points330Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet24.806126.9853455Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord24.848126.7713507Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet24.861126.7043653Tyler TomassiJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota24.996126.0203747Carson WareMike Harmon RacingChevrolet25.103125.483Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race
Race results
Stage Results Stage One Laps: 60 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts139Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet1027Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet9300Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet849Ross Chastain (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet058Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet6641Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet571Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet4820Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota3917Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet21018William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota1
Stage Two Laps: 60 Pos.DriverTeamMakePts17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet938Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet8439Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet7541Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet6617Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5719Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota4818William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota3921Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet21088Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet1
Final Stage results Stage Three Laps: 140 FinStDriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts131Carson KvapilJR MotorsportsChevrolet2609Running592488Rajah CaruthJR MotorsportsChevrolet2600Running3631718William SawalichJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2600Running38429Ross Chastain (i)JR MotorsportsChevrolet26063Running05600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamChevrolet26036Running4961487Nick SanchezPeterson RacingChevrolet2600Running3171354Taylor GrayJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2600Running3082726Dean ThompsonSam Hunt RacingToyota2600Running2991624Harrison BurtonSam Hunt RacingToyota2600Running28102644Brennan PooleAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet2600Running27112821Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2600Running28122128Kyle SiegRSS RacingChevrolet2600Running25131099Parker RetzlaffViking MotorsportsChevrolet2600Running24141520Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2600Running26152032Carson BrownJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2600Running22161819Brent Crews (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2600Running251798Sammy SmithJR MotorsportsChevrolet2600Running34182248Patrick Staropoli (R)Big Machine RacingChevrolet2600Running19191996Anthony AlfredoViking MotorsportsChevrolet2600Running18202531Blaine PerkinsJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2600Running17212341Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamChevrolet2601Running27223455Joey GaseJoey Gase MotorsportsFord2600Running15233202Ryan EllisYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2600Running142457Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet26083Running32253142Nathan ByrdYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet2600Running12263091Derek Lemke (i)DGM RacingChevrolet2590Running0271227Jeb BurtonJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet2593Running10282445Lavar Scott (R)Alpha Prime RacingChevrolet2590Running929330Garrett SmithleySS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2580Running830751Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet2570Running7313507Josh BilickiSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2570Running6323653Tyler TomassiJoey Gase MotorsportsToyota2560Running533139Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet25265Accident21342992Mason MaggioDGM RacingChevrolet2310Suspension335112Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2000Running236817Corey DayHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1930Accident8373747Carson WareMike Harmon RacingChevrolet1640Accident1Official race results
Race statistics
Lead changes: 7 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 12 for 72 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 43 minutes and 38 seconds Average speed:
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Justin Allgaier 1,048 2 Carson Kvapil 810 (–238) 1 3 Sheldon Creed 782 (–266) 1 4 Jesse Love 749 (–299) 5 Corey Day 727 (–321) 6 Brandon Jones 718 (–330) 7 Austin Hill 716 (–332) 8 Sammy Smith 692 (–356) 9 Parker Retzlaff 643 (–405) 10 Sam Mayer 616 (–432) 2 11 William Sawalich 598 (–450) 1 12 Brent Crews 598 (–450)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,204 2 Toyota 797 (–407) 3 Ford 208 (–996) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.
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